Posted in Basic Ideology on Mar 28th, 2010
Many of you that know me well, know that my favorite book, and the start of all my personal spiritual beliefs, is Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. Skimming through the pages today, I stumbled on a piece of conversation between the main character(the author) and Don Shimoda, the messiah from [...]
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Oct 15th, 2009
What is Ideology? In the simplest of terms, ideology is the study of ideas. In the previous philosophical series, Developmental Theology 089, we talked about very basic ideas that can help develop an open mind, and teach us how to create our own philosophical views, overlooking prior prejudices. You can read the entire Developmental Theology [...]
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Oct 6th, 2009
When I asked the community for an inside view of Humanism, I never expected to get such a rich and detailed version like the one Ryan provided for our last lesson. In this lesson, we’ll talk about Humanism, using the information that is generally available across the net, and some of the remarks Ryan made. [...]
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Jul 28th, 2009
The tracks always come back. Rumi. Shams. Wine and Dance and God. Was there ever really anything else? Since I first discovered Sufism as an adolescent, the dervish spin never left me. The idea that one can get so close, become so consumed in the flame, and love every moment of it. I lost that [...]
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Posted in fiction, The Cost of Magic on Mar 29th, 2009
This is the 26th section of my novel. If you haven’t read the first 25, you might want to start here. Jane’s Journey —- In the astral world, Jane’s soul was exploring. She saw the pyramids of Egypt in their greatest glory. She flew over Atlantis, populated by ethereal glowing balls, that she could only [...]
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He jumps, falls short, dangling with a one-handed grip on the bricks. He let’s go.
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Posted in fiction, The Cost of Magic on Jan 4th, 2009
“How did you get here? I thought it was hard for you to get into the stream?â€
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Posted in asides on Nov 30th, 2008
Published a new Squidoo lens, focusing on this blog!
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Nov 25th, 2008
Tell your stories. Tell your dreams. Inspire people.
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Posted in asides, politics on Nov 3rd, 2008
Because I know most people in the US, at least, are fully focused on the presidential election for the next couple of days, blogging is on hold until after the final count is in.
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